While many want to believe local politics is non-partisan, the truth is your values reflect how you vote and what you support.  For the last several elections we have heard candidates say when they door knock communities one of the first questions they are asked is what party affiliation you are.  It shows that your party does matter to voters at the end of the day.

Lack of Engagement with the Republican Party

Recently, Laura Rummell went after the Denton and Collin GOP endorsement, and Frisco Chronicles is curious as to why?  She has not attended any Republican events, dinners, or meetings. Rummel has not visited or supported local Republican groups, and she has not supported Republican endorsed candidates.

Party Endorsements

She did not receive endorsement in either County.  In Denton County, Vijay Karthik received 44 or 49 votes, while Laura Rummel only received 11 and 15 abstained.  It was not enough for the 2/3 majority vote.  In Collin County, Vijay Karthik received the Collin GOP endorsement in a landslide vote. 

Lack of Support for Fellow Republican Candidates

In Frisco, Laura has not supported the last three Republican endorsed candidates and went as far as actively working for their opponents.  But when it comes time to get “RE-ELECTED” she shows up asking to the Denton and Collin County GOP’s asking, well expecting their endorsement. Laura also campaigned against Stephanie Elad for Frisco ISD supporting her opponent a hard dem.  Most recently Laura supported Ann Anderson for city council who was backed by local democrat groups instead of the endorsed Republican.  Here she is supporting Tammy Meinershagen who ran against one of those republican endorsed candidates.

Endorsed by Hard Democrats

Rummel’s Re-Election Kickoff party in February 2026 was also filled with several hard dem’s.  One of the speakers at her kickoff was Traci Reveal Shipman – a hard democrat.  She also is very tight with our current Mayor Jeff Cheney and his wife Dana Cheney.

Let’s talk about endorsements.  Laura Rummel has been endorsed by several Democrats such Angelia Pelham, the star of the Tammy Tapes, Tammy Meinershagen. Most recently on April 15^th, Jesse Ringness a hard dem who has run state office before also has endorsed Rummel in a video on his Facebook Page.  Just look at her posts and the who’s who of Frisco Dems are all over it.

Supporting Democrats For Boards and Commissions

Furthermore, at the December 2025 city council meeting Laura Rummel supported Jordan Villareal, a hard democrat, over a republican for the Tax Assessor Board.  She has also supported hard democrats over republicans for local city boards and commissions within the city. 

Selective Cultural Advocacy

In 2023, the City of Frisco made a public post on social media platforms renaming Good Friday as the “New Spring Holiday” … really?  The post had over 340 comments, most of which were complaints about the lack of respect for Good Friday.  Rummel said nothing!  She supported the city’s post and shared it.

Meanwhile, Rummel shows consistent support for other religions and cultures.  She continually supports every Islamic Center Candidate Forum and the Inclusion Committee celebrations of Muslim holidays.  Rummel has posted her reflections on different speeches by Imam’s.  She continually attends the EID Milap Brunch’s each year.  She was a panelist recently at the ICF Woman’s Career Day.  In 2023, she attended an event in the parking lot of the Islamic Center where she wore a Hijab.  Why would you wear one of those in the parking lot unless the whole goal was to pander to Muslim voters.

At the same time, she has failed to attend the yearly Frisco Chabad events, although she did this last December 2025 because she is running for re-election.  She has not attended every city Christmas Tree Lighting.  Her lack of support publicly for Christian holidays should be concerning to Republican voters.

Inconsistent Fiscal Messaging and Voting

Rummel voted for Universal Kids!  That is a project Frisco Chronicles, and many residents were adamantly against because of the potential crime it will bring.  Also, residents were concerned about pedophiles, and the sex trafficking issues these types of parks can bring.   After the backlash came from the announcement, the city, council members and the Mayor went on a marketing grandstand to sell the project to residents.  The worst part was after doing that the night of the vote they changed the whole proposal, changing key terms of the deal.

For example, the park was sold as ages 3 to 9 then it went to 3 – 12.  The original hours were going to be from 10am to 6pm which made no sense to most people.  The night of the vote the hours changed from 10am to 10pm with some exceptions for early access at 8am and some late nights till 10 / 11 pm.  The initial ride height was sold as 40 to 50 feet but the night of the vote it went up to 80 feet which is 7 stories tall.  The initial proposal was not parades, no fireworks, and it would be indoor focused.  The night of the vote changed to allow parades, outdoor concerts and shows.  This is not the transparency this is a bait-and-switch which Laura Rummel voted for.  Screw the nearby neighbors and their home values, just get the deal done at any cost and that is what Rummel voted for.

Next Laura Rummel ran on getting residents the long-awaited Animal Shelter they had been asking for.  Instead, she is building a … well we don’t know.  She voted to spend 12.5 million taxpayer CDC dollars without a FEASIBILITY STUDY.  The night of the vote for the LOI she offered to keep it transparent the whole way through with the public, yet a 2025 email shows her asking to move the item to Closed Session to keep it from the eyes of the public.

However, for the last few elections the animal Shetler has come up.  When Angelia was running, she told animal advocates of we are almost there – Not True!  Tammy Meinershagen told advocates – an announcement is coming soon – Not True!  Laura Rummel is doing the exact same thing.  It has taken years to get answers from the city, yet Rummel now claims the city has all the answers.  Collin County just pulled out supporting Frisco with animal services after the current contract ends November 2028.  Within days the city has a website up claiming they have the answer, don’t worry, be happy!  Fact is they have nothing, no answers, no plan, and they are using this again as a re-election tool for candidates.  What do you want to bet something will happen after the election and it will magically fall apart, and they vote not to move forward?  Rummel continues to use Cheney’s line, the Animal Shelter project will raise your property tax. 

At the same time Rummel was one of the council members claiming the $350 million performing arts center that was going to be city owned would not raise taxes.  A performing arts center has been one of her priorities for years on her campaign page. She also advocated for Tammy Meinershagens, whose pet project was a performing arts center, for re-election against a republican candidate.   Now that is re-election time, her stance is … OH WAIT I did not support that. 

Here she is attacking the PAC who stood against the Broadway Performing Arts Center. Even after residents overwhelming voted NO to a Performing Arts Center, Rummel posted it just two months later as the 2025 Progress in Motion List.

She also supported the employee health clinic that showed it would operate in the red up to the first 6 years.  Truth is every project “won’t raise taxes” but an animal shelter.  Frisco Chronicles has heard from advocates since our page started and I agree with them that the city is using that line to scare voters away from supporting it.

Her Opponents:

Sreekanth Reddy who you can’t even take seriously.  He creates fake straw polls to publish to mislead the Indian Community.  Has no original thoughts, plans, or ideas of his own and just agrees with whatever you say.  He is more concerned running around town to different events getting a selfie with important people and posting it to display fake support for himself.  He could give Jennifer Achu true competition if there was a race for “Selfie Queen of Frisco.” 

Her other opponent is Vijay Karthik.  Many questioned Karthik’s conversion to the Republican Party in recent years.  However, many in the GOP believe he has done more for the party than his counterpart Laura Rummel.  The proof is in his actions.  Karthik and his wife have supported the last three party endorsed Republican Candidates including Burt Thakur, Jared Elad and Mark Piland.  In Thakur and Elad’s election they stood in the hot sun at the polls during early voting to support them.  In the most recent special election for Mark Piland, Karthik stood side by side with the candidate in 30-degree weather on election day for the entire day from sun up to sun down. Karthik also supported all three candidates at the polls, door knocking, phone banking and more.  He has been honest about his conversion to the Republican Party and what driving principles were behind that.  He has presented true concerns about the city’s rising debt and how we can do animal shelter without affecting property taxes.  He is a proud American Citizen and Frisco Resident who raised twin boys here with his wife.  He is the right choice to replace Laura Rummel.

In closing, Rummel’s record shows she has lied to residents, shifts positions for political advancement, supports democrats consistently over republicans, has inconsistent fiscal reasoning and ignores constituents when it matters most.  There is a clear and consistent disconnect between what she claims and what she does.  She has never displayed Republican leadership through her actions and decisions.  For Frisco Chronicles, Laura Rummel is one of the Frisco Insiders who is here to serve Jeff Cheney and Cheney 2.0 agenda.